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Staff L of the English Wordbook.

Basic abbreviations: att'd=attested, OE=Old English, NHG=New High German, Du.=Dutch

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.

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English Word
Class
Anglish
Attested Not attested
labo(u)r vb work, swink, slog, strive arveth
labo(u)r n work, slog, char

(med): childbirth

-
labo(u)r, unit of n chore, charfack -
labo(u)rer n worker blue hem
laboratory n workshop, workhall -
laborious adj backbreaking, burdensome -
labyrinth n maze -
lacerate vb cut snithe
lackadaisical adj lackadaisy, listless, lazy -
lacklustre adj dim, dull, leaden, lifeless, dead, brightless -
lactose n - milksweet
lactose intolerance n - milksweet unthole
lacuna n dearth gapfall
lager (beer) n - lairbeer/ lair beer
lagoon n sealock coastlake (cf. Du. kustmeer)
lambaste vb berate, flog, scathe, upbraid flay
lament vb mourn, weep, yammer norn (<OE gnornan)
cwithe (<OE cwithan)
beweep (<OE bewepan)
lamp n light chell (OE ciella, OHG kella), crusie, lightvat
lampion n - lightvat
language n tung, speech rerd, leid
languish vb pine, dwindle, droop, ebb, lessen, wane, wither, weaken, wear away, dwine -
lanolin n - wool wax, wool fat
lantern n - lightdecker
lapidary n - gem-cutter, stone-cutter, gem-shaper, stone-shaper
lapse n fluff, slip, screwup, backslide dwild (<OE 'error')
large adj big, broad, mickle -
largely adj mostly -
Larissa* n - Lovely (*<Greek laros)
lasagna n - noodlesheet
lascivious adj lustful -
laser n - lightningbeam

lightningstreal (streal from OE stræl "arrow", cf. NHG Strahl, Du. straal "ray")

laserprinter n - leam forlayer
lasso n snare -
Latin n/adj - Leden (<OE Læden/Leden)

Ledenish (<OE Lædenisc/Ledenisc)

Latvia n - Leedland, Ledeland ('Latvia' comes from NHG 'Leute')
launch vb fire werp
launder vb wash, cleanse furb
laundrette n washhouse furby's
laundry n wash, washing furbing
lava n stonesmelt, fireslime, stonedough
laxative n - loosener
lay (poem/song) n - yed (<OE gid/ged)
layman n newbie, dabbler, beginner byfellow
LCD n - frostoutplay
lease vb let -
leash n lead, tether -
lecture n reading -
lecturer n reader lorespeaker
lederhosen n - leatherhose
Leeuwarden, NL n - Leeworth (cf. Fris. "Ljouwert"), Leewardine (modeled on Bredwardine, UK)
leg n shank -
legacy n bequest (great): ermenleave (<OE eormenlāf)

afterleaving(ship) (cf. Du. nalatenschap)

legal adj lawful -
legalise vb - belaw, berighten, tholingly
legend n folktale, holysaga -
legible adj - readly
legislator n lawmaker, lawgiver -
legislature n lawmaking body -
legitimate adj rightful, (of birth) fullborn, lawful -
leisure n free-time, time off, holiday, rest, spare time, freedom faining, list
leisure adj free, busiless, off -
leisure, have vb rest, loaf, while away the time fain, list
lemon n - sourapple
lemur n - scareape, stareape, ghostape
lenitive adj soothing milding
lepidoptera n moths, flinders (butterflies) -
leporine n hare -
lepton n - lightmote
lesbian n dyke (slang) -
-let suff -ling -
lethal adj deadly -
lethargic adj sluggish, listless sleeple
lethargy n listlessness, sluggishness sleepleness
letter (character) n rune, staff, stave -
letter (writ) n - errandwrit, errandbook (<OE ǽrendbóc)
leukemia n - blood canker
leukocyte n - white bloodcell
level n - flak (Fries., see Du. vlak)

tool: gauge, tier, emnet (<O.E)

leverage n swape -
leveret n hareling -
lexicon n wordhoard (<OE wordhord), wordlist -
liable adj -

law: linkworthy

liberal adj - free-hearted, open-handed, givesome
liberalism n - freewardness
libertarian(ism) n/adj - freesom(reder/faith)
liberate vb free befree (<OE befreogan, cf. NHG befreien), loose, let go

lease (<OE aliesan 'to let loose, free, deliver, liberate')

hredd (<OE hreddan 'take away, save, liberate'

liberation n - befreeing
liberty n freedom, free will frelse (<OE freols)
library n bookhouse, bookhoard bookhall
license n leave -
lichen n lungwort -
lieutenant n steadholder -
lieutenant, second n shavetail -
ligature n belt, binding, strap, string -
Limbo name - Hell Edge (<Latin limbus, edge)
limbo n - neitherworld
limerence n crush -
limit n bound, threshold, cap, stint -
limit vb bound, cap, stint, narrow -
limitation n cramp -
lineage n blood-ties, house, strain, seed strind

offcome (cf. Du. afkomst )

linear adj straight(wise) -
lingerie n knickerwear, women's underwear, smallclothes -
lingua franca n shared tung binding tung
linguistics n - speechlore, speechwitship
linoleum n - corksail
lion n - lewcat, manecat
lipid n - lynd
liquid n - bree, wettock, flowstuff
liquid adj flowsome -
liquor n strongdrink (cf. Du. sterkedrank) -
litany n - beesong (cf. Ic. bænasöngur)
literary adj written -
literature n - booklore, bookware, bookcraft, the written word, writings, written works, writcraft
lithography n - stone-forlaying
littoral adj - searim, coastly
liturgy n - leedwork (calque of Grk. leit-urgia),
lizard n - athex (<OE aðexe)
lobster n crayfish, crawfish -
local adj - steadly, stowly
locality n shire, neighbourhood bystead
locate vb find
by chance: come upon
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location, approx. n whereabouts -
locomotive n - draughtwain
lodge n inn, bergh, guesthouse, bed & breakfast; watchman's hut, shed, gatehouse, townhouse cote
lodge vb dwell stow, ern (<OE ærn)
lodger n boarder, roomer board & roomer, homesteader
logarithme n - splittel
logic n - rethemete, flitcraft
logo n brandmark -
-logy, -log, -logue suff -lore, -craft -frod (cf. Ic. jarðfræði 'earthfrod' ~ geology; OE frod 'wise')
longitude n length -
loquacious adj feather-tunged, gabby speakle
lounge n living room, sitting room -
lounge vb idle, lie, moon -
loyal adj true-hearted, trothen -
loyalist n stalwart -
loyalty n true-heartedness, fayful -
lucifer n - lightbringer, firesplinter
lumpenproleteriat, the n - the rabble, the underrabble, the ragamuffins
lunacy n moonmadness -
lunar adj moonly -
lunatic n madman -
luster n gloss -
Lutheranism n - Lutherdom
lycanthropy n - warewolf-sickness, shapeshifter-sickness
lynx n - lox (<OE 'lox', <PIE 'leuk', light)
lysosome n - selfkillbag
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